Rishita Chaudhary
@rish_yossarian
multi-hyphenate
tech policy, media & society
Rishita Chaudhary
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As Rebecca Solnit wrote for The Guardian, “Our greatest power lies in our roles as citizens, not consumers, when we can band together to collectively change how our world works.
Em Howell • Multiplayer Futures
the wends (“the frustration that you’re not enjoying an experience as much as you should... as if your heart had been inadvertently demagnetized by a surge of expectations”), anoscetia (“the anxiety of not knowing ‘the real you'”), dès vu (“the awareness that this moment will become a memory”).
Maria Popova • The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: Uncommonly Lovely Invented Words for What We Feel but Cannot Name
I too have tussled with, a decade later, in contemplating the challenge of cultivating wisdom in the age of information, particularly in a media landscape driven by commercial interest whose very business model is predicated on conditioning us to confuse information with meaning. (Why think about what constitutes a great work of art — how it moves ... See more
Maria Popova • Susan Sontag on Storytelling, What It Means to Be a Good Human Being, and Her Advice to Writers
There's something uncomfortable about people who are trying too hard. We judge them for their pretensions; we feel embarrassed at the nakedness of their effort. The embarrassment is often a projection of our own insecurities about striving. If we managed, with heroic unselfconsciousness, to really commit to becoming a writer, an artist, a better pe... See more
how to change your life, part 2: agnes callard's aspiration
Elena Ferrante writes primarily about women, focusing on the small details of their lives, their relationships with each other, their friendships, and, particularly, their maternal relationships—examining both the mother's and the daughter's perspectives. She explores the hidden violences in society and repression, but her novels are also filled wi
On Elena Ferrante
Problems Sublime solves—at least for me
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Pessoa composed “on loose sheets, in notebooks, on stationery from the firms where he worked, on the backs of letters, on envelopes, or on whatever scrap of paper happened to be in reach.”
Fernando Pessoa’s Disappearing Act
This is, I think, why being a creative or an entrepreneurial person is one of the steepest paths to self-actualization. To succeed at what you are doing, you HAVE to manage yourself wisely (and thus face and break patterns that no longer serve you) to make the path work. Your ability to thrive is dependent on your ability to make what is unconsciou... See more
Cute suggestions on doing good , which actually benefit us as much as it benefits others:
- Tell your mom (or someone who feels like your mom): “You raised me right. Here is one of the biggest lessons I’ve learned from you: _______________.”
- If you see a couple—and they’re trying to take a selfie of themselves while on a romantic date or trip—ask, “Wou